April 14, 20196 yr I FF thru the music tonight. I'm definitely not their demographic. Cold open was nice with a Keaton flyby. WU was solid. But as you can expect with Emma Stone hosting, it was a chick centric episode. Glad to see Melissa Villasenor get some screen time. She's underused and underrated. Overall, the episode was kind of meh. I give it a C+.
April 14, 20196 yr white/non-asian american girls are into the androgynous japanese boy band? like girls my age got into backstreet/nsync back in the day? Uhhhh that would be a yes.And there’s dozens of other boybands and girl groups from Korea that are huge with teens.Blackpink - KPop girl group - just performed at Coachella yesterday and they were a huge hit.KPop is absolutely huge and the performers get churned through like interchangeable parts.Military service is compulsory in South Korea starting at 18 and they have to start by age 20 and serve for 2 years.When the performers have to enlist then bye bye pop career.And the management abuses the hell out of the kids.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13760064
April 14, 20196 yr These articles are more recent about the churn and burn KPop industry. https://www.koreaexpose.com/k-pop-korean-music-musicians-labor-abuse/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kpop-hard-life-1.4545627 It’s really kind of sad. Almost reminds me of the way youth athletes are treated in Russia.
April 14, 20196 yr white/non-asian american girls are into the androgynous japanese boy band? like girls my age got into backstreet/nsync back in the day? You have no idea. The first song they performed was from their new album which dropped on Friday. My daughter already had all of the lyrics memorized and could sing along with them in Korean. They had people camping out for days to be in that audience.
April 14, 20196 yr Makes sense now that their tickets were reselling for hundreds when they came through Fort Worth last year, didn't think the local Asian-American demo would be solely responsible for it. And shoot me if kpop is still the big thing when my kids are entering their age demo.
April 14, 20196 yr As for the episode, I'll never understand the fawning over Emma stone as a sex symbol. WU was aight, the porn sketch was decent, and the rest was forgettable... I do have to wonder how you feel if aidee(?) Bryant is playing you on the show like Megan McCain. Also, Leslie jones as whoopi Goldberg is one of her only characters that doesn't make me change the channel.
April 14, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: You have no idea. The first song they performed was from their new album which dropped on Friday. My daughter already had all of the lyrics memorized and could sing along with them in Korean. They had people camping out for days to be in that audience. Now that I've watched the performance i have to say it's a damn good song. My memory may be bad but I don't remember Backstreet Boys or Nsync having this kind of precision. The Kpop industry takes it to another level. 6 hours ago, Bama Chick said: Military service is compulsory in South Korea starting at 18 and they have to start by age 20 and serve for 2 years. When the performers have to enlist then bye bye pop career. May not matter for some bands. Many are over 20 and there are a lot of kpop stars from other countries (Japan, Thailand, China). Edited April 14, 20196 yr by ajax
April 14, 20196 yr Very telling that best impression all night was Leslie as Whoopi. British baby shower was decent as was WU and View . Pretty bad episode after soft opening. I would think a producer somewhere would assemble a slightly older boy band, a la 20yrs old or go back and reform a younger one that has aged out of popularity and do with them what George Martin did. People in this day and age like to point to Beatles as originally being a pop boy band of the era. But big difference is they cut their teeth in serious music dives and they were incredibly proficient musicians. Something no boy band has done since. And of course we know they go on to write and record the most impactful music of the 20th century. It’s a miracle if a boy band member can play the recorder, let alone be the next Paul. But I would think the time is right for a band that starts out playing pop radio singles to move to very serious music for a very serious time in the West.
April 14, 20196 yr Wait. So this musical act was a bunch of guys? I was trying us decide which chick was hottest. Spoiler: it was the redhead
April 14, 20196 yr As for the episode, I'll never understand the fawning over Emma stone as a sex symbol. Emma Stone is a sex symbol? I was not aware of this and I’m pretty plugged into knowing what’s what in the entertainment world. Sure you’re not confusing her with Emma Watson?
April 14, 20196 yr The rap about hobbies did not make me laugh. The ladies room got funny once we found out they had all pissed in a dressing room. The royal baby shower was pretty funny
April 14, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, Lobo said: It’s a miracle if a boy band member can play the recorder I don't think you know what you're talking about. A lot of kpop and jpop idols are very talented and can play instruments. Or they can pick them up. For example, 4 of the girls in this jpop group pictured below picked up instruments and became the band in the video. If anything, their training and discipline is a huge plus to learning to play and perform. Just listen to how tight they sound and compare them to the average garage band. And they're still teenagers.
April 15, 20196 yr My only laugh was the dolphin vagina joke in WU. "Said the night janitor, 'I could have told you that'."
April 15, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, ajax said: I don't think you know what you're talking about. A lot of kpop and jpop idols are very talented and can play instruments. Or they can pick them up. For example, 4 of the girls in this jpop group pictured below picked up instruments and became the band in the video. If anything, their training and discipline is a huge plus to learning to play and perform. Just listen to how tight they sound and compare them to the average garage band. And they're still teenagers. They seem quite talented and I look forward to them enjoying the level of musical prowess, songwriting genius, and virtuoso brilliance that the Beatles did. I wasn't undercutting this lot. My point was that in this day and age of no halfway decent artist going undiscovered, how has the next George Martin not turned a pop shitshow into the next Beatles. We're just stuck with the same shit over and over again.
April 15, 20196 yr Thought the Ladie's Room sketch was funny especially as comparing it the real, obscure 80s music video. Not as good as Donald Glover's Rain remake.
April 16, 20196 yr Talk about missing the mark with that ladies room sketch, I have never heard/seen the original. Combined with the extremely young target audience with BTS
May 2, 20196 yr Longest time ever between leaving the show and hosting for the first time. 25 years. How has he not hosted before now?
May 2, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, Red Five said: How has he not hosted before now? He was bigtiming Lorne. Career ain't doing so good now.
May 2, 20196 yr My expectations are extremely low for this. I'm anticipating 90 minutes of the Hanukkah song.
May 2, 20196 yr 11 minutes ago, RPM said: He was bigtiming Lorne. Career ain't doing so good now. Hasn’t been going well for about 15 years, but nice to see him back.
May 3, 20196 yr Watched him on Seth Meyers tonight and I may have to upgrade my expectations for the show. Sandler sounded and looked wiped out. He forgot how hard it was, but isn't backing down. He stayed until 4:30am Wednesday morning writing skits. Now that doesn't mean they were any good, but at least he's trying.
May 3, 20196 yr I haven't regularly watched SNL in years but I've been DVR'ing it for a few months now, including the classic episode that airs after (before?). Last week they showed the Peter Dinklage episode from 2016 and I watched because I figured they would have something GOT-related. Nope. But it did give us... Space Pants.
May 3, 20196 yr The show has sucked for years and it amazes me that Michaels hasn’t been canned. The potential for that show is amazing. The actual execution is horrible.
May 3, 20196 yr 26 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: The show has sucked for years and it amazes me that Michaels hasn’t been canned. The potential for that show is amazing. The actual execution is horrible. I remember when people were saying this during the Farley/Sandler years. Then the Will Ferrell/Tina Fey years. Then the Andy Sandberg/Bill Hader/Sudakis years. It's never a great show until the past era is boiled down to its "greatest hits".
May 3, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Red Five said: I remember when people were saying this during the Farley/Sandler years. Then the Will Ferrell/Tina Fey years. Then the Andy Sandberg/Bill Hader/Sudakis years. It's never a great show until the past era is boiled down to its "greatest hits". Also your favorite era is directly correlated to how old you are.
May 3, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Dbeasy said: The show has sucked for years and it amazes me that Michaels hasn’t been canned. The potential for that show is amazing. The actual execution is horrible. If I had to guess, I bet Tina Fey will run the show when Lorne retires.
May 3, 20196 yr On 4/15/2019 at 10:59 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said: Thought the Ladie's Room sketch was funny especially as comparing it the real, obscure 80s music video. Not as good as Donald Glover's Rain remake. Wait, what? This was a real thing? All of the sudden this skit is legendary and Beck Bennett is a genius.
May 5, 20196 yr adam sandler looks like he has aged 20 years in a single year on the commercials for him hosting (or maybe I have not paid attention to him in 20 years).....not a chance in hell he can do those 45yo with a 15yo brain movies now.....he will have to go with 60yo with an 18yo brain and we all knows those fail hard
May 5, 20196 yr Kate's Elizabeth Warren was spot on and hilarious. Whoever says SNL doesn't skewer Democrats needs to watch that.
May 5, 20196 yr Fuckin dust & pollen storm during the Chris Farley song. Brought this episode to a solid A.
May 5, 20196 yr The Italian travel agent was great. “Look, if you’re sad here you’re gonna be sad there too.”“I was 23 when I started here and Spade was 25 but I think Norm MacDonald was like 60.”
May 5, 20196 yr On 5/3/2019 at 8:01 AM, drewcifer said: Last week they showed the Peter Dinklage episode from 2016 and I watched because I figured they would have something GOT-related. Nope. But it did give us... Space Pants. Space Pants was basically a revised Pizza Town. I'm guessing Bennett and Mooney wrote both.
May 5, 20196 yr Best show I’ve seen in years. Sandler was great promoting the butt-plug pill and as the travel agent. Opera Man was great, especially piling on Seth Rogen for pulling off the goofy guy-hot chick comedy.
May 5, 20196 yr Hasn’t been going well for about 15 years, but nice to see him back. Sandler was the 8th highest paid actor for 2017-2018, earning $39.5M.
May 5, 20196 yr I’m sorry but tha was a berry good show. Opera man hit hard. Buttplug commercial was hilarious. Chris Farley song was pretty epic. Solid A from me
May 5, 20196 yr I thought it was a much better than average episode. Weekend Update was maybe the best of the season. Sandler delivered consistently. And yes, I know Sandler is commercially successful. My point was he hasn't been funny in a long time. Having said that, last night was a lot of self-deprecating skits and references and reboots and he took it all very well (kinda like "Funny People" ten years ago). He was funny and humble and a great team player. I give him a lot of credit for that because a lot of SNL alumni don't act like that.
May 5, 20196 yr 6 hours ago, scottsins said: Sandler was the 8th highest paid actor for 2017-2018, earning $39.5M. I guess those garbage movies he does make money? They probably cost no more than a couple mil to make if even that and I guess he makes 2 to 3 a year now. He's the new Roger Corman just on a bigger scale.
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